2014 Phonics Screening Check
Download the 2014 Year 1 Phonics Screening Check materials for free, including the practice materials, assessment materials, answer sheet, scoring guidance, word list, PowerPoint presentation and a complete ZIP file.
The 2014 check was given to all children in Year 1 in England in June 2014. Schools chose a day within the week commencing 16th June 2014, with larger schools spreading the check across several days. It included a mix of real words and pseudo-words.
2014 Phonics Screening Check Past Papers
Below are all the downloads for the 2014 Phonics Screening Check. You can download each resource individually or grab the complete ZIP, which bundles every PDF together with the word list and whole-class PowerPoint presentation published by Exam Ninja.
| Year | Practice Materials | Assessment Materials | Answer Sheet | Scoring Guidance | Spelling Materials | PowerPoint | Complete ZIP File ⓘZip file with all standard resources bundled together | Premium Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2014 Phonics Practice Materialsⓘ 2014 Phonics Screening Test Practice MaterialsThis practice material from 2014 provides example word lists to familiarise Year 1 children with the format of the Phonics Screening Check. It includes a real words practice sheet (with examples such as 'in', 'at', 'beg', and 'sum') and a pseudo-words practice sheet (with examples such as 'ot', 'ect', 'osk', and 'vap') to help children understand they will decode both real and nonsense words during the assessment. | 2014 Phonics Assessment Materialsⓘ 2014 Phonics Screening Test Assessment MaterialsThis document contains the children's materials for the 2014 Phonics Screening Check. It presents the 40 words a child reads aloud, divided into Section 1 and Section 2. Each section includes real words (such as quiz, back, short, doom, rude, main, brown) and pseudo-words (such as jat, teg, foid, shog, tabe, clain, yewn) to assess decoding skills. Questions: 40 | 2014 Phonics Answer Sheetⓘ 2014 Phonics Screening Test Answer SheetThis is the teacher's answer sheet for the 2014 Phonics Screening Check. It provides a grid to record each child's response as correct or incorrect for all 40 words across Section 1 and Section 2. The sheet includes space for optional comments and a field to total the number of correct responses for determining whether the child has met the expected standard. Questions: 40 | 2014 Phonics Scoring Guidanceⓘ 2014 Phonics Screening Test Scoring GuidanceThis document is the scoring guidance for the 2014 phonics screening check. It lists all twenty pseudo-words from Section 1 and Section 2, providing teachers with the acceptable pronunciations for each nonsense word (such as 'vol', 'teg', 'jat', 'cloin' and 'scroy') alongside phonemic representations. The guidance explains how to mark plausible alternative decodings and regional dialect variations consistently. | ||||
| Source: Standards and Testing Agency (STA) | Open Government Licence |
About these 2014 Year 1 Phonics papers
- KS1 Phonics 2014 Phonics Check Practice Materials
- This practice material from 2014 provides example word lists to familiarise Year 1 children with the format of the Phonics Screening Check. It includes a real words practice sheet (with examples such as 'in', 'at', 'beg', and 'sum') and a pseudo-words practice sheet (with examples such as 'ot', 'ect', 'osk', and 'vap') to help children understand they will decode both real and nonsense words during the assessment.
- KS1 Phonics 2014 Phonics Check Assessment Materials
- This document contains the children's materials for the 2014 Phonics Screening Check. It presents the 40 words a child reads aloud, divided into Section 1 and Section 2. Each section includes real words (such as quiz, back, short, doom, rude, main, brown) and pseudo-words (such as jat, teg, foid, shog, tabe, clain, yewn) to assess decoding skills.
- KS1 Phonics 2014 Phonics Check Answer Sheet
- This is the teacher's answer sheet for the 2014 Phonics Screening Check. It provides a grid to record each child's response as correct or incorrect for all 40 words across Section 1 and Section 2. The sheet includes space for optional comments and a field to total the number of correct responses for determining whether the child has met the expected standard.
- KS1 Phonics 2014 Phonics Check Scoring Guidance
- This document is the scoring guidance for the 2014 phonics screening check. It lists all twenty pseudo-words from Section 1 and Section 2, providing teachers with the acceptable pronunciations for each nonsense word (such as 'vol', 'teg', 'jat', 'cloin' and 'scroy') alongside phonemic representations. The guidance explains how to mark plausible alternative decodings and regional dialect variations consistently.
2014 Phonics Screening Check Word List
Below are all 40 words used in the 2014 Phonics Screening Check. Each is either a real word or a pseudo-word (a made-up, nonsense word that checks a child's decoding skills rather than their vocabulary).
| Question | Word | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | vol | Pseudo |
| 2 | teg | Pseudo |
| 3 | jat | Pseudo |
| 4 | ind | Pseudo |
| 5 | tull | Pseudo |
| 6 | shog | Pseudo |
| 7 | foid | Pseudo |
| 8 | thard | Pseudo |
| 9 | frem | Pseudo |
| 10 | cloin | Pseudo |
| 11 | bulm | Pseudo |
| 12 | harnd | Pseudo |
| 13 | quiz | Real |
| 14 | back | Real |
| 15 | doom | Real |
| 16 | short | Real |
| 17 | freed | Real |
| 18 | dress | Real |
| 19 | fund | Real |
| 20 | think | Real |
| 21 | jair | Pseudo |
| 22 | clain | Pseudo |
| 23 | yewn | Pseudo |
| 24 | tabe | Pseudo |
| 25 | clisk | Pseudo |
| 26 | thrand | Pseudo |
| 27 | strad | Pseudo |
| 28 | scroy | Pseudo |
| 29 | nigh | Real |
| 30 | brown | Real |
| 31 | main | Real |
| 32 | rude | Real |
| 33 | drink | Real |
| 34 | crowds | Real |
| 35 | splat | Real |
| 36 | stripe | Real |
| 37 | comic | Real |
| 38 | giving | Real |
| 39 | pumpkin | Real |
| 40 | fighters | Real |
20 real words, 20 pseudo-words.
2014 Phonics Screening Check Pass Mark & Threshold
The pass mark (threshold) for the 2014 Phonics Screening Check was 32 out of 40. A child needed to read at least 32 of the 40 words correctly to meet the expected standard.
Any child who did not meet the standard retook the check the following year, in Year 2. So children who missed the mark in the 2013 Phonics Screening Check sat this 2014 check in Year 2.
More Phonics Screening Past Papers
| Decade | Years |
|---|---|
| 2020s | 20222023202420252026 |
| 2010s | 20122013201420152016201720182019 |
FAQ
Is the 2014 Phonics Screening Check free to download?
Yes. The full 2014 Phonics Screening Check is free to download. It includes the Pupils' Materials booklet (with words for the child to read aloud) and the Answer Sheet for the teacher.
Where does the 2014 Phonics Screening Check come from?
The Phonics Screening Check is produced annually by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA), part of the Department for Education, and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What was the pass mark for the 2014 Phonics Screening Check?
The pass mark (threshold) for the 2014 Phonics Screening Check was 32 out of 40. Any child who scored below 32 retook the check the following year.
Who sat the 2014 Phonics Screening Check?
Two groups sat the 2014 check: Year 1 children, aged 5 to 6 (born between 1 September 2008 and 31 August 2009); and Year 2 children who did not meet the expected standard in the 2013 check and were retaking it. For how the check works, see the Phonics Screening page.
What happened if my child did not pass the 2014 Phonics Screening Check?
A child who did not meet the expected standard (32 out of 40) in the 2014 check retook it in Year 2, the following year, in 2015.
